Three Bridges Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Crawley, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Three Bridges Primary School is a primary school in Crawley, West Sussex for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 14 May 2024. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Three Bridges Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, every applicant was offered a place, as at 120 of the 208 other West Sussex primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- 21.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 13.8% across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Sussex.
- In Reception 2026 there were 47 first-choice applications for 50 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 53% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other West Sussex schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Gales Place, Three Bridges, Crawley, RH10 1QG
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 600 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 14 May 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and secure in this friendly and welcoming school.”
- “Pupils say that everyone is welcomed into school.”
- “Those with roles as ‘Young Interpreters’ are understandably proud of the part they play in supporting pupils for whom English is an additional language.”
To improve
- “However, pupils do not achieve as well as they should because the curriculum is not yet delivered effectively across all key stages.”
- “However, more work is needed to ensure that the revised curriculum is implemented consistently well across early years to Year 6.”
- “However, not all staff have the expertise or depth of subject knowledge needed to deliver the curriculum effectively.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 June 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 53% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 47 first-preference applications, 50 offers in total, 47 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in West Sussex.
- Northgate Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Pound Hill Junior School, Crawley 0.7 mi School remains Good
- Pound Hill Infant Academy 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Andrew's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Milton Mount Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School, Crawley 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Oaks Primary School & Nursery 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published